ReactJS | Create a Component Using Properties

Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on ReactJS. In this section of our tutorial on ReactJS, we will be studying about how to create a Component in React using properties.

We are going to make a modification of our ExpenseEntryItem component and try to use properties.

Open up our expense-manager application in your favorite editor.

Open ExpressEntryItem file that is located in the the src/component folder.

Next, introduce construction function with the argument props.

constructor(props) { 
   super(props); 
}

Change the render method and populate the value from props.

render() {
   return (
      <div>
         <div><b>Item:</b> <em>{this.props.name}</em></div>
         <div><b>Amount:</b> <em>{this.props.amount}</em></div>
         <div><b>Spend date:</b> 
            <em>{this.props.spenddate.tostring()}</em></div>
         <div><b>Category:</b> <em>{this.props.category}</em></div>
      </div>
   );
}

Here,

name represents the item's name of type string.

amount represents the item's amount of type number.

spendDate represents the item's Spend Date of type date.

category represents the item's category of type String.

Now, we have succeeded in updateding the component using properties.

import React from 'react'
import './ExpenseEntryItem.css';
import styles from './ExpenseEntryItem.module.css'

class ExpenseEntryItem extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
      super(props);
   }
   render() {
      return (
         <div>
            <div><b>Item:</b> <em>{this.props.name}</em></div>
            <div><b>Amount:</b> <em>{this.props.amount}</em></div>
            <div><b>Spend Date:</b> 
               <em>{this.props.spendDate.toString()}</em></div>
            <div><b>Category:</b> <em>{this.props.category}</em></div>
         </div>
      );
   }
}
export default ExpenseEntryItem;

Now, we can use the component by passing all the properties via attributes in index.js.

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import ExpenseEntryItem from './components/ExpenseEntryItem'

const name = "Grape Juice"
const amount = 30.00
const spendDate = new Date("2022-05-01")
const category = "Food"

ReactDOM.render(
   <React.StrictMode>
      <ExpenseEntryItem
         name={name}
         amount={amount}
         spendDate={spendDate}
         category={category} />
   </React.StrictMode>,
   document.getElementById('root')
);

Next, serve the application making use of npm command.

npm start

Next, open the web browser and then enter http://localhost:3000 in the address bar and press enter.

Item: Grape Juice
Amount: 30
Spend Date: Wed Jan 5 2022 8:53:00 GMT+0530 (West African Time)
Category: Food

READ: ReactJS | Properties

The complete code to do it using CDN in a webpage is as follows -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta charset="UTF-8" />
      <title>React based application</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div id="react-app"></div>
      
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone/babel.min.js"></script>
      <script type="text/babel">
         class ExpenseEntryItem extends React.Component {
            constructor(props) {
               super(props);
            }
            render() {
               return (
                  <div>
                     <div><b>Item:</b> <em>{this.props.name}</em></div>
                     <div><b>Amount:</b> <em>{this.props.amount}</em></div>
                     <div><b>Spend Date:</b> <em>{this.props.spendDate.toString()}</em></div>
                     <div><b>Category:</b> <em>{this.props.category}</em></div>
                  </div>
               );
            }
         }
         const name = "Grape Juice"
         const amount = 30.00
         const spendDate = new Date("2022-05-01")
         const category = "Food"

         ReactDOM.render(
            <ExpenseEntryItem 
               name={name} 
               amount={amount} 
               spendDate={spendDate} 
               category={category} />,
            document.getElementById('react-app') );
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Objects as Properties

Let us learn how to use JavaScript object as as attributes in this tutorial.

Open our expense-manager application in your favorite editor.

Next, open ExpenseEntryItem.js file.

Next, change the render() method and then access the input object item making use of this.props.item property.

render() {
   return (
      <div>
         <div><b>Item:</b> <em>{this.props.item.name}</em></div>
         <div><b>Amount:</b> <em>{this.props.item.amount}</em></div>
         <div><b>Spend Date:</b> 
            <em>{this.props.item.spendDate.toString()}</em></div>
         <div><b>Category:</b> <em>{this.props.item.category}</em></div>
      </div>
   );
}

Next, open up theindex.js and represent the expense entry item in JavaScript object.

const item = { 
   id: 1, 
   name : "Grape Juice", 
   amount : 30.5, 
   spendDate: new Date("2022-05-01"), 
   category: "Food" 
}

Next, pass the object to the component by making use of curly brace ({}) syntax in the component attributes.

<ExpenseEntryItem item={item} />

The complete code of index.js is as follows -

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import ExpenseEntryItem from './components/ExpenseEntryItem'

const item = {
   id: 1, 
   name : "Grape Juice", 
   amount : 30.5, 
   spendDate: new Date("2022-05-01"), 
   category: "Food" 
}
ReactDOM.render(
   <React.StrictMode>
   <ExpenseEntryItem item={item} />
   </React.StrictMode>,
   document.getElementById('root')
);

Next, serve the application making use of npm command.

npm start

Next, open the web browser and then enter http://localhost:3000 in the address bar and press enter.

Item: Grape Juice
Amount: 30
Spend Date: Wed Jan 5 2022 8:53:00 GMT+0530 (West African Time)
Category: Food

The complete code to do it using CDN in a webpage is as follows -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta charset="UTF-8" />
      <title>React based application</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div id="react-app"></div>
      
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@17/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
      <script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone/babel.min.js"></script>
      <script type="text/babel">
         class ExpenseEntryItem extends React.Component {
            constructor(props) {
               super(props);
            }
            render() {
               return (
                  <div>
                     <div><b>Item:</b> 
                        <em>{this.props.item.name}</em></div>
                     <div><b>Amount:</b> 
                        <em>{this.props.item.amount}</em></div>
                     <div><b>Spend Date:</b> 
                        <em>{this.props.item.spendDate.toString()}</em>
                     </div>
                     <div><b>Category:</b> 
                        <em>{this.props.item.category}</em>
                     </div>
                  </div>
               );
            }
         }
         const item = {
            id: 1, 
            name : "Grape Juice", 
            amount : 30.5, 
            spendDate: new Date("2022-05-01"), 
            category: "Food" 
         }
         ReactDOM.render(
            <ExpenseEntryItem item={item} />,
            document.getElementById('react-app') 
         );
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

READ: ReactJS | Styling

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial. In our next tutorial, we will be studying about ReactJS Nested Components.

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